Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-03-24
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ears.
John Roach Is said to have cancer
IN his throat similar to that Of General
Grant.
In India there are four female
to every million of
women.
It requires 1873 policemen to keep
order in the English parliament when
it is in session.
Forty-two new ice factories have
been started In the south during the
past nine months.
He who is most slow in making a
promise is the most faithful In the
performance Of 1t.
Ex-senator Bruce (colored) owns a
fine plantation in Mississippi and is
worth over 100000.
New York has boarding-houses for
birds, whose owners have left the city
for the summer months.
Ex-Seeretary Hamilton Fish is en-
tirely recovered from the effects Of the
paralytic shock of last summer.
Wrap eggs in paper, twisting the
ends hard; put them in a box in good
cellar and they will keep all winter.
Baltimore is to have crematory.
Two years ago there was but one in
the country; now there are twelve.
A rich Norwegian lawyer left all his
money to be used in buying bicycles
for the Christiana school children.
A Marshal Neil rose bush that grows
white flowers on one side and crimson
on the other, is sight at London, Ont.
The police force Of Metamora, H.,
has been abolished. No arrest has
been made in that town for two years.
A st. Louis newspaper claims to
have printed a history Of the last man
who was killed in the War Of the
Rebellion.
Darwin is the authority for the state
ment that man is the only animal in
creation that maltreats its mate or
female Of its own kind.
A tailor in Boston recently had
application for the use Of full dress
suit for CORPSE, the suit to be returned
after the funeral rites.
The largest inland sea is the Caspian,
lying between Europe and Asia. Its
greatest length is 760 miles, and Its
area 10000 square miles.
The clergymen of Philadelphia have
formed an organization, and sub
divided the city for special evangelis-
tic work during the winter.
The Indian Agriculturist estimates
that there are 2S0O00,000 cocoanut
trees in the world, which produce
l00O.0o00OO nuts every year.
A Boston newspaper prints list of
the residents of San Francisco who arc
worth 100000 and over. There are
los Of these fortunate persons.
Mrs. Rebecca Titus, mother of the
man recently convicted Of killing Tillie
Smith, has become insane, and will
probably have to be sent to the state
asylum.
London Society will have to mind its
! manners, az Mrs. Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton and her daughter are to make the
city Of smoke and scandals their home
! during tho coming winter.
Mrs. Belya Lockwood Is said to owe
$500 for unpaid taxes, and 1t is thought
that her chances Of being President are
much damaged thereby. We must have
a President who pays her taxes.
General Roger A. Pryor still wears
his hair long and still carries himself
like a soldier, but he is noticeably
stouter and dresses less like Virgin
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